The two major towns served by the paper are Burgess Hill and Haywards Heath, including news from and around the surrounding parishes of Cuckfield, Lindfield, Hassocks, Chailey, and as far north as Forest Row.

The newspaper, often coined as The Middy, has been in circulation since 1881, and in 2006 celebrated its 125th anniversary.

The newspaper headquarters are in Northgate, Chichester, after the company left its office at 7-9 South Road, Haywards Heath.

For many years, together with the Thursday release, there was also published a weekly paper called The Mid Sussex Citizen, which was available free in most of the region's corner shops and village stores, repeating the main headlines published in that week's Mid Sussex Times, yet also including a grand array of advertising for people wishing to sell and buy goods in the area.

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